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Subject: Aero
From: Ed Van Scoy <edvs@idt.net>
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 17:30:19 -0700
Wow Mayf, looks like that analysis was done by a rocket scientist ;)
Question (s)
18 sq ft frontal area on your Alpine? I know we beat this subject up
last summer, but this number looks awful high. How did you arrive at it?

As for rolling resistance, my book gives a tire friction coef. of .81
for a radial tire on dry concrete: This drops to .1 on ice (naturally,
deceasing with speed) Salt provides a challenge as it changes constantly
within this range. If you had to ballpark a tire friction coef. for a
slick 6" tire on salt, what would you guess?
Ed

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